“I sent out 75 emails to women I knew and asked if they would join me,” Becky says.

In four weeks, the women contributed $45,000.

Thus, was born an organization called Women Steering Business that has contributed more than $650,000 in four years to buy steers raised by young women.

It is not a fundraising organization. Each of the 189 current members donates a minimum of $500 per year to buy steers. Last year, Women Steering Business bought 12-year-old Saige Martin’s reserve grand champion steer, Goosebumps, for $170,000.

Young women, ages 9 through high school seniors, raise the steers and other animals. In caring for these animals, they learn a trade, Becky says. The money goes directly to the young women to help raise their next animal or into paying for their college education.

As prominent member Mayor Betsy Price said, “We want to encourage young, strong women to get out there.”